Latest / Travel Agency in a Year / Day 103 - The anxious TA and Networking
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- Rachel K: casual day. Especially if you are working from home a lot a lot and you don't get a lot of human interaction, you will lose that ability to communicate with other people and you'll be like, I'm weird. Or maybe you forgot. Or maybe you're like working a desk job at home. And you're like, oh, I forgot how to brush my hair. Or wear makeup or look presentable in any capacity. Because I live in pajamas. Everyone has bouts of social anxiety. They may not feel like they look their best, and that affects them. And it makes you more nervous to network. It could be that, like I said, you just haven't really talked to a whole lot of people. Although, if you work and travel, you should be talking to people a lot. business development for like three years because that was my life. That was my entire life. had nothing else. I didn't have time for anything else. I didn't have social anxiety about it, but looking back, I should have. Anyway, you're not there to impress anyone else. Remember that. The goal of networking, if you go to networking events or like put yourself out there, you're not there to get validation from anyone else. It can be very scary. It can be reminiscent. I think every time I go to an event where I don't know anybody, I'm instantly back on the kindergarten playground on the first day of school. And I'm just like, well, I don't know any of these kids. Who am I going to play with for the next 12 years of my life? Am I going to screw this up? The of you listening are probably women. The majority of people in the travel industry, specifically travel advisors. after these notes were taken and before I recorded. Being curious is a really good way to develop your charisma. And, ⁓ yes, it was this. And if anyone with you is like, no, talk to people like that, run away from those people. Major red flag. Okay. Okay, you are there to see if you can be a good partnership, not to look good, and not to make money off of them. You wanna see who's there. It's kinda like dating. Everything's dating to me. Everything's a partnership. You wanna see, would we be a good partnership in this capacity? I don't it like that. I mean it in a way that you can fully vet other people and you may have some partnerships with some people that you're like, eh, whatever, I'll send you a royalty kind of thing. Vanessa Van Edwards. I think I mentioned this yesterday's episode. What's something exciting you're working on right now? Vanessa Van Edwards is a phenomenal resource for communication, body language, and feeling more confident when you have to do these kinds of things. She's all over. She's got several books. I love her little tips and ⁓ You can also start digitally via LinkedIn or Lineable. I think I mentioned that yesterday as well. if you aren't ready for in-person events, you can always just like do the online thing. It's so much like dating. Do the online thing and then be like, can we have a phone call? And then be like, yeah, do want to grab lunch or dinner sometime? Don't think that you're stuck like that forever because it's practice. It's just like the first time riding a bike. You're gonna fall over. You're gonna say stuff. You're probably gonna be like, I'm gonna be really cool and take a sip of this drink and accidentally inhale it and choke and spit all over everyone at some point because you're nervous. These things are all gonna happen. And yes, I could describe it as well as I could because it has happened to me multiple times. It's fine. It takes practice. Have patience with developing the skill. And like I said, Vanessa Van Edwards is an excellent resource if you need help developing your body language and communication skills for in-person events. Okay. I feel like that might have been a horrible episode or a good one. I'm gonna test. If you like this episode, share it. I don't know how I can monitor shares or comment. If it was a terrible episode, comment, this sucks, stop doing this. I'm not gonna stop. I'm never gonna stop. Never stop. Never stop. I'm not gonna finish that. All right. Have a good day. I'm gonna take a break for today and finish recording because it's been too much and...